Any point source discharger of sewage, industrial, or other wastes for which a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit has been issued by the agency that contains effluent limits more stringent than those that would be established by parts 7053.0215 to 7053.0265 shall continue to meet the effluent limits established by the permit, unless the permittee establishes that less stringent effluent limits are allowable pursuant to federal law, under section 402(o) of the Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1342.
If a permittee establishes that it is entitled to less stringent effluent limits under subpart 1, the agency shall establish new effluent limits according to the criteria in items A to F.
A request for less stringent effluent limits in a permit shall be made according to part 7001.0190, subpart 1. The agency shall follow the procedures in part 7001.0190, subpart 1, in acting upon a request for new effluent limits.
Minn. R. Part 7053.0275
Statutory Authority: MS s 115.03; 115.44